Into Paradiso

Italy , 89 min D: Paola Randi

Italian (Subtitled: EN)

In the award-winning Italian comedy INTO PARADISO a quirky Italian scientist and a former cricketer from Sri Lanka must overcome their differences in Naples. Migration and the Camorra also play a role.

Alfonso is a Neapolitan scientist, shy and socially incompetent, and he has just lost his job. Gayan is a fascinating personality and former cricket champion from Sri Lanka, but he is now completely broke. He hopes to find paradise in Naples. Till now, Alfonso has spent his life trying to observe cell migration and watching soap operas with his mother. Gayan has traveled around the world and has enjoyed fame and wealth. Now these two very different men meet and must bear each other in an illegally built shack on the roof of the Sri Lankan district. Alfonso thinks that the Mafia is after him, and so Gayan is first a hostage - and then becomes his ally ...

In Search of Happiness: India

France , 51 min D: Erik Woringer

English

The IN SEARCH OF HAPPINESS series discovers different health, relaxation, beauty and well-being rituals from the world’s five continents. This episode takes us to a well known cradle of well-being: INDIA.

India: Love or Rape?

Finland , 50 min D: Heidi Lipsanen

English

The fatal rape of a student in New Delhi caused a global outcry. The documentary INDIA: LOVE OR RAPE examines the reasons for sexism in a country where traditionalism and the caste system are still strongly represented.

Lakshmi and Me

IN,DK, FI, USA , 59 min D: Nishtha Jain

English

LAKSHMI AND ME – There are 40 million domestic workers in India, old feudal attitudes still govern relationships between employer and ‘servant’. Against this backdrop, Nishtha begins filming a documentary with Lakshmi, her part-time maid.